Garmin NUVI 200 GPS

I like this little GPS unit a lot! I have owned many GPS receivers over the years by many manufacturers, and Garmin has always been my favorite. Garmin unitsare just so muchmore refined with great build quality, awesome graphics, simple and intuitive menu systems especially these touch screen units. The NUVI series is really a great design for a GPSmade for auto, motorcycle, or bike use, and this 200 has been even more refined gepared to previous NUVI units with longer battery life, up to 5 hours with the built-in lithium-ion cell, and no pop out antenna...It's all internal and chipset (embedded) making the unit even more gepact, and sleek! Very pocketable! Reception is very good! From a cold start outside I have been getting 3D (4 or more satellites)signal lock in under 40 seconds. Warm start less than5 seconds,and moving warm starts in less than15 seconds which is pretty damn good for an embedded antenna. The LCD is bright, and has backlight brightness adjustments. It is of the transreflective type so it can be read under direct sunlight. The backlight intensity can be set to automatically adjust at sunset. Map drawingis very fast, and detail is adjustable as well, from very little detail to maximum detail.The voice guidance software is very good! Nice clear voice with a very good quality speaker that can be turned up to 11 and not break a sweat! NUVI units geeready to useright out of the box, with a car cigarette lighter power cord that plugs into the back or bottom of the unit depending on the model. Also included is a suction cup windshield mount that is adjustable, or you can use the plastic disc with double-sided adhesive to dash mount the suction cup base so that it does not obstruct your view. As of the date of this review (6/07) only California, and Minnesota have laws on the books prohibiting the use of suction cup mounts on car windshields. If your in one of those states you will want to use the disc mount. I use it, and it works very well! So if your in the market for a high quality low price GPS check out the Garmin NUVI-200 you won't be disappointed. Price retailis $199 to $249. Happy Navigating!---(Update)--- The NUVI 260 is now available it offers all the features of the 200, but with the addition of TTS, (Text to Speech) which announces the street names, interstate numbers, exit numbers and P.O.I. names as well as map coverage into Canada. With this unit you do not even have to look at the screen while navigating. It is selling on okay between $250 and $300 with shipping.